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Our thoughts have been with those from and who were visiting Boston during the recent past terrible events. And thanks to the media we can watch what is going on minute by minute from start to finish, day after day.

 

And the happenings in Texas meant two significant things going on at one time.

 

I understand that some all news stations are designed so that anyone who isn’t watching constantly and tunes in, can pick up immediately on what is going on without missing anything.

 

 

Breaking News

 

There’s a couple phrases I do believe they should use less, both in picture and audio. “Breaking News” would be the highest on the list. 

 

I am sure a lot of you leave the TV on in the background  during trying times in case any new developments take place. How many times have you heard “breaking news” when there isn’t any?

 

One day I heard “breaking news” all day long, plus it was featured on the crawler (the text rolling across the bottom), for seven hours, and there wasn’t any. It was a rehash of the same thing that was on early morning.

 

New Video

 

“New Video” would be the second phrase that should be banned to the less department. As above, “We have new video,” “After the break, new video coming up,” was used over and over again. Was there new video? Not for nearly as many hours, unless you count a different camera angle as new video.

 

What’s wrong with saving “breaking news” and “new video” for the real thing, because it eventually comes.

 

Talk a bunch …

 

I know a bit about broadcasting and remote broadcasting. There’s a lot of people and coordination involved to keep things running without glitches.

 

However, I don’t see the problem when there are four announcers standing in a group and they all talk at once over each other and you can’t make out a thing being said.

 

We should record that and play it over and over. (Doesn’t help, you still can’t understand a word after half a days replays.)

 

Thanks

 

Yes this is a rant. Not all stations do the above, but some do. I as well as many others I am sure, appreciate the quick live coverage of events good or bad that are part of our daily lives.  If you are involved in getting those pictures and sound to us, rest assured it is appreciated by people around the world.

 

But please, don’t tell me its “breaking” if it isn’t.   Please don’t tell me its “new” if it isn’t.

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